THREE of Costa Rica’sbest young climbers are venturinginto the western cradle ofmountaineering to competeagainst mountain men andwomen from more than 50countries. The climbing championshipof...
THE first Gotas y Notas Festivalwill take place this month in the outdooramphitheater in Monteverde, inthe north-central region of the country.Artists invited to participate...
TUCKED away in Barrio Escalante, aneighborhood just east of downtown SanJosé, is a studio where budding artists arelearning centuries-old techniques fromFlorence, Italy. They’re not...
PORTUGUESE author José Saramagofired volleys at the United States, theCatholic Church, and the state of democracyin the world today during three days ofpublic appearances...
THERE is a point thinly veiled underthe huge sheet, not obscured by the actorsin their underpants. Mexican screenwriterand playwright Humberto Robles proselytizesa broader definition...
JOYFUL flower children shimmied and bumped to theBeatles last week, just east of Parque Morazán in downtownSan José, and stony-faced rain-forest tribesmen carvedhieroglyphic shapes...
“ONE person’s trash is another person’streasure” was the attitude adopted bythe Costa Rican government in 1967 whenthey decided to purchase the remnants ofthe Raventós...
FREE sporting activities are beingoffered every Saturday morning at 10a.m. at Multiplaza del Este, in thesoutheastern San José district ofZapote. Free aerobics, Tae-bo anddance...
JULY 15 is the deadline for filmmakersto enter projects in the secondCinergia audiovisual contest. Managedby the Friends of Film Foundation(FUNDACINE), in cooperation withthe Costa...
IN 1939, BobKane created andpublished for thefirst time a storyabout a man whofights evil usingonly his ownintelligence, a fewfuturistic gadgetsand, of course,extraordinaryphysical skills –and...
